and people of importance for the shaping of modern humanism :

Hitchhiking
with my son, Daniel, to see Acropolis - built by Pericles - his 2nd
cousin 82 times removed . Since then he has on his own hitchhiked
all the way from Denmark to China to see the Great Wall which his
79th great-grandfather caused to be built.
Note: None of these relationships carry any genetic significance since
we almost all descend from these famous people as
I show here.

But
as a genealogist it is tremendous fun to see if you can actually find
your way back to them through credible historical records and to find
actual pictures of our forefathers from 2-3000 years back. Have fun!
With love Jacob Holdt